How is it possible that a young man decides to leave everything behind to enter the seminary? Why would this…
I wish to paint a picture for you of something I felt very strongly recently. The verbal expression of the feeling is this: With Christ we see new colors. I fear my article may bring in too many colors, both old and new, and just confuse you. But I hope by the end you will
Is it good to show sex in a book? Some argue yes. “After all, love is what makes the world go round,” they say. “It’s happening somewhere every hour of every day, so if reading about it makes you squirm, you really need to get over it—read more, not less. It’s what we’re all thinking
Not long ago, my team had a crazy idea. As if seminary life in Rome wasn’t crazy enough, we decided to throw in a little more adventure and pull an all-nighter, making a pilgrimage through the streets of Rome from midnight until five in the morning. That night I had one of those experiences where
21D—of itself, it signified an aisle seat in the 21st row of the Boeing aircraft. To Mr. Harrison, librarian, the letter signified the World History section of the Library of Congress catalog, while the number brought to mind the miserable century in which he now found himself—the century that had birthed the alien seated next
Every man needs to be tried and tested, and pushed to expand his limits. We need to be challenged like every runner challenge his muscles in training, for only by training and pushing himself, does a runner have the potential to cross the finish line. No victor in a race ever reached his destination, without
Quite a few years ago, I read an article titled “What Doctors Won’t Tell You.” The content was basically secrets…
Tucked away in the Italian hills north of Rome is a little town called Monteflavio from which one can see…
When asked how long our formation for the priesthood is, a dropped jaw is usually the response we get after…
Last year Pope Francis elevated the liturgical celebration of St. Mary Magdalene to the category of “feast day”. The Holy…